Only Death Will Have Me

Flipendo

A week later it was the end of October, halloween. Kevin was invited to a party, he missed night practice and came back way past midnight, the next day not even his mattress throwing him off was able to wake him up. Neil levitated him back to the mattress and went for a run, when he got back Kevin was still sleeping, so Neil just went to breakfast alone.

He saw the cousins and walked to the Gryffindor table to sit with them.

"Hiya Andrew." Said Neil sitting beside him on the Gryffindor table. "Can I sit with you?" 

"You are already sitting." Andrew gave him a glance over. 

"Is that a yes?" Asked Neil mockingly.

"Yes." Andrew replied.

"Morning Neil!" Said Nick, they talked a bit between classes now and then, he and Aaron had wide eyes for both of them. "You are new here, so you probably don't know, but it's not common for Slytherins to sit on the Gryffindor table." 

Neil listened and let it sink in, he looked around, then gave Aaron a long glance, he was clearly a Ravenclaw, so Neil started filling a plate with food, pretending he didn't hear Nicky.  With the corner of his eyes he saw Andrew's lips twitch with amusement, so he grinned to himself. He was picky, Kevin talked about how his nutrition was important when it came to playing, and Neil wanted to succeed. Others in the table were whispering, but Neil paid them no mind, he could sit here, it wasn't a crime for fox sake. 

"Anyway. Andrew, didn't you want to ask something to Neil?" Nicky started when he noticed Neil wouldn't leave or comment about being kicked off the table. 

"I don't think so, no." Said Andrew drinking from his mug, coffee, Neil was sure it was the sweetest coffee, Andrew always had a sweet on him, Neil could smell it just like he could smell the cigarettes.

Nicky kicked Andrew underneath the table, it was probably a light kick, but Andrew had his wand out in no time at all. 

"Mordeo!" 

Nicky almost laid flat on the bench to evade the curse, Neil suppressed a laugh and looked down at his plate, Andrew simply put his wand away calmly. 

"Fuck Andrew, if you don't ask him, I will." Nicky said in German, Neil looked up from his plate. "Ask him, he is nice. Plus, Kevin's coming anyway."

"No." Andrew answered in German. 

Neil lived in 3 countries whose main language was German, and yet, pretended he didn't understand the cousins. It was easy since he didn't know what they were talking about, so he went back to his plate. 

"I don't want him there either." Said Aaron, also in German, getting a purple muffin on his plate, that was harsh, but Neil didn't like Aaron anyway. 

But soon Aaron would notice how that phrase backfired. 

"Neil," said Andrew, in English with a smug expression, which was odd. "Would you like to go to my birthday party at the Gryffindor common room this weekend?" 

Neil looked at Nicky, who was excited like a puppy, barely containing his happiness, and Aaron, who could have been shot in the gut by a sectum sempra, which by experience, Neil could tell wasn't pleasant.  

Neil didn't know what to do, the table was one thing, the common room was something else entirely, but they did say Kevin was coming. 

"If that's alright…?" It sounded like a question, so Neil was still uncertain. "I've never been to a party." 

"For Merlin's beard, you're kidding right?" Nicky exasperated. Neil only denied with his head. "Well, aren't you lucky? Gryffindor has the best parties since 1975. And it is alright, please come."